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Accession Number | ARTV10160 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 84 x 59.4 cm |
Object type | Poster |
Maker |
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Unknown |
Place made | Australia |
Date made | 1998 |
Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Commonwealth of Australia copyright |
Ambassabor, teacher, peacekeeper, soldier.
Description
Australian Army peacekeeping recruitment poster commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations and marking 50 years of Australian involvement in United Nations peacekeeping operations. The powerful image is of Johnathan Church an Australian peacekeeper carrying a wounded child. The title is superimposed over the top centre with the rest of the text positioned in a white horizontal panel at the bottom. This text is a list of all peacekeeping operations Australia has taken part in since 1947. The united Nations 50th anniversary emblem is in the lower left corner printed in pale blue and the Australian Army emblem is in the lower right corner.